On Nov 20, 2015, at 12:50 AM, Steve Cottrell <co...@seeingeye.tv> wrote: > On 20/11/15, Bob W-PDML, discombobulated, unleashed: >> I'm pretty sure Cotty said it was the ugliest camera body he'd ever seen. > Ah that. Yes. If Mattel got into photography ;-)
Cotty said that in reference to the Leica SL. I don't agree, but then I don't care either. ;-) (Sorry, Cotty.) I spend my time looking through a camera, not at it. I'll do some beauty shots of the SL with various lenses fitted (not the cartoonishly large 24-90 zoom^B^B^B^Bhowitzer). I like its simple and straightforward looks, but even more than that I like it's superb feel, build, controls, and performance. The controls are quite different from anything else (other than a Leica S) and, with four days to learn it, I have to say it's one of the very nicest modern cameras to use I've tried. Very configurable with only a very few buttons and dials to remember, yet everything falls to hand and operates very fast, and it's proving very easy to learn and remember—even without any markings on the body to remind you. I know more about all the SL's options and how to get what I want out of them now, four days in, than I did with the Sony A7 after a year and a half of using it…! That's really good design for a complicated thing like a modern day pro-grade camera. G -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
